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The original was posted on /r/AmItheAsshole by /u/mulberrybushaita on 2023-06-26 20:41:36+00:00.

I (22M) am a college student and live in a house with 3 other guys. The house is owned by the parents of one of my roommates and we’ve lived here for 2-years. I am currently the only one staying at the house right now, the other 3 moved back home to work for the summer. Last summer, all 4 of us went home for the summer months.

Last fall we threw a party that got broken up by the police due to a noise violation from one of our neighbors. All 4 of us ended up getting charged with a couple misdemeanors. We always made a point to talk to our neighbors before throwing a party to let them know to please contact us before calling the police and we’ll take care of things. All of them were very receptive to this, but we don’t throw big parties so it never actually got to that point before.

Instead of just paying our fines, we decided to appear in court. We had gotten signed statements from 4 separate neighbors saying that on the night our party was busted, they didn’t hear a thing. The officers that busted our party didn’t make the court appearance and the judge ended up dropping our charges and we only had to pay court fees.

Last week, I was watching TV when I noticed an elderly woman in our front yard with a giant sheet. She had laid it on the ground and was shaking a mulberry tree we have in our yard. I went out and asked her what she was doing and she said she was harvesting the mulberries before they go bad. She said the previous owners let her do it for years. I politely asked her to leave but she kept making excuses about the berries going to waste and that she had been doing this for years. Eventually, I had to tell her that if she doesn’t leave, I’m calling the cops.

A couple days later, a middle-aged guy knocked on my door, he said he was the lady’s son. He told me that his mom had been harvesting the mulberries for years and that it’s literally no harm for her to do it now that we are living here. I told him I just don’t feel comfortable with it and given her age, if she fell or hurt herself, I don’t want my friend’s parents to be liable.

He got defensive and said his mom just wants to use the berries for some baking and I don’t have to do anything. I told him I could try to talk to my friend’s parents, but until then she can’t take the berries. He told me I’m being a little punk and that the neighborhood is going downhill due to college kids moving in everywhere.

I told him that we’ve never had any trouble with the neighbors and he said something about a party being busted. I asked him how he knew about that and he stammered and said everyone in the neighborhood knows about it. I asked him if his mom was the one who called in the complaint and he denied it.

I told him that I didn’t need to talk to my friend’s parents, his mom is no longer welcome on the property and if I catch her trying to take mulberries again, I’m calling the cops. He had some choice words for me as he left, but I haven’t seen him or his mom since.